i am cracking up because i didn’t even think of it when i was asking them, and factor it into their reaction to me, i was in search of the answer to my question, is it ok to park there or will we be towed. now i am roaring when i think of the effrontery of it all, and to a man/woman, each of them began with “EXCUSE ME?” i was speaking slowly and in a well-modulated voice, so had they not been so SHAKEN by someone speaking to them, they should have gotten it the first time.
Another favorite NY joke. A midwesterner is visiting NY, and was told by a Jewish friend that he had to try the matzoh ball soup at Katz’ Deli. He goes there and orders it, enjoying it thouroughly, and then says to the waiter: “These matzoh balls are delicious. Is any other part of the matzoh edible?”